Recollections of Bush Life in Australia: During a Residence of Eight Years in the Interior |
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... capital and enterprise . Many of the resources of the country had been developed , with surprising skill and energy , by the Anglo - Saxon race , which has ever furnished the most industrious and success- ful colonists ; and the ...
... capital and enterprise . Many of the resources of the country had been developed , with surprising skill and energy , by the Anglo - Saxon race , which has ever furnished the most industrious and success- ful colonists ; and the ...
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... capital . He had probably expended more on his stock and establishment than it would have been prudent to lay out , even if he could have had a guarantee of the continued prosperity of the colony ; and , in the moment of distress , he ...
... capital . He had probably expended more on his stock and establishment than it would have been prudent to lay out , even if he could have had a guarantee of the continued prosperity of the colony ; and , in the moment of distress , he ...
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... capital , but they are of so infe- rior a description , that , like their now neglected brethren of the present day in England , they are filled only by those who cannot avoid them for the first stage or two out of the capital they are ...
... capital , but they are of so infe- rior a description , that , like their now neglected brethren of the present day in England , they are filled only by those who cannot avoid them for the first stage or two out of the capital they are ...
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... capital ; while the distant settler , the bonâ fide bushman , would smile at such fireside notions , and from his dwelling , 300 miles from Port Jackson , he still talks of " going into the bush , " which in his sense of the term ...
... capital ; while the distant settler , the bonâ fide bushman , would smile at such fireside notions , and from his dwelling , 300 miles from Port Jackson , he still talks of " going into the bush , " which in his sense of the term ...
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... capital , and in the more settled parts of the colony , they are looked on as a sort of unnecessary luxury , beyond the boundaries . The roof is covered with shingles , instead of the more unsightly bark of trees , while a verandah is ...
... capital , and in the more settled parts of the colony , they are looked on as a sort of unnecessary luxury , beyond the boundaries . The roof is covered with shingles , instead of the more unsightly bark of trees , while a verandah is ...
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animal Assyria bark better blow-flies bullock bushrangers capital cattle Church civilization climate climate of Australia colonist colony companion creek Crown 8vo distance districts drays enclosures England English favourable Fcap Fifth Edition flocks forest Fourth Edition frequently GEORGE BORROW grass grazing ground gullies habits half-wild hand herd History horsemen horses Illustrations interior of Australia journey Julius Cæsar kangaroo kangaroo dogs labour LADY land LORD Medium 8vo miles native dog nature neighbourhood neighbours never night occupied Omio once overland owner party pasture perhaps plain Port Jackson Portrait Post 8vo pursuit remarkable residence river road ROBERT SOUTHEY saddle saddle-horses scene Second Edition seemed seldom settler sheep shepherd side sight SIR CHARLES EASTLAKE soon sort South Wales spot stock whip stock-keeper stockowner stranger Sydney Third Edition traveller tribe usually vicinity Vols whole wholly wild Woodcuts wool woomera yards
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